The Economist (October 28)
2010/ 10/ 29 by jd in Global News
“Tokyo’s governor is starting to look like yesterday’s sushi” proclaims the Economist. Tokyo voters may once have enjoyed the antics of Shintaro Ishihara, but his penchant for confrontation is wearing thin. Ishihara is now fighting fish mongers to relocate Tsukiji fish market to a polluted site where benzene levels exceed the safety threshold by up to 43,000 times. Ishihara’s latest fight suggests 11 years of power may have “gone to his head.”
